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Greater Los Angeles Area

• Manage intellectual property needs for numerous companies, startups, and inventors• Recommend and implement patentable improvements to software architecture and product design• Develop optimal strategies to protect proprietary assets and enforce intellectual property rights• Provide comprehensive search reports analyzing competitor technologies to ascertain patentability • Draft and prosecute patent and trademark applications for innovative products and processes

Alexandria, Va

• Examined a broad range of mechanical technology, industrial processes, and electronic systems• Reviewed more than 3,000 patent applications for compliance, issuing over 250 US patents• Passed the USPTO internal patent bar examination on the first attempt• Applied US and int’l. law to issue patentability judgments to inventors from over 100 countries• Affirmed by a judicial panel on three appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board• Published official positions of legal record as a representative of the USPTO• Negotiated with attorneys to draft broad claim language patentably distinguishable from prior art

Tysons Corner, Va

• Developed a variety of solutions with respect to resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness• Performed statistical analysis of data and constructed detailed cost comparisons• Authored technical reports and contractual documents including Agency Tenders, Performance Work Statements, and Requests for Proposals• Conducted interviews of Federal employees to evaluate workload, quality, and efficiency

Radford, Va

•Cooperated with department managers on the plant floor to track and categorize assets by using various inventory quantifying procedures•Utilized software to cross-reference and update inventory values

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Intellectual Property Law

Bachelor Of Science, Industrial And Systems Engineering, 3.54

Minor in Business